When Ministers are right to fire advisors
I think it's safe to say that these days I rarely agree with the behaviour of Government Ministers. Part of it is a knee jerk reaction (:) ) and part of it is that Government Ministers rarely seem to…
Tagged: philosophy
Screwtape casts the Net
The following email arrived in my Inbox this morning. I'm not sure what to make of it, but I thought I'd share it hear as it has some rather intriguing ideas in it. Dear Wormwood, You must think we s…
A bundle of needs...
I appreciate that this is likely to be read as a massive attack on the Welfare State by some, and that I'll be suspected of channeling the political spirits of Norman Tebbit, Margaret Thatcher and Ati…
The Duke, The Bankers and let them eat cake..
There's a line in Blackadder that sprang to mind today as I read the headlines on the BBC website: "If a Cannibal opened your head he wouldn't have enough brain to cover a water biscuit" The headline …
Gazing in to the abyss
Yesterday's exploration of 'What would George say?' led me to following up a few points of research and whilst browsing around I came across this quote of Orwell's: Here is a saying of Nietzche which…
What would George say?
One of the useful spin-offs from the recent (and ongoing purge and tidy) at Pritchard Towers is that every now and again something floats up that makes you think "Whoa, yes, relevant with a capital 'R…
Book Review - 'Mere Christianity'
When I used to commute between work and office I used to do a regular(ish) item on here called 'The Bus Book' in which I reveiwed the book I'd been reading whilst on the commute. One book I intended …
Meanwhile, back in June.....
Originally a Facebook Note, June 8th 2009, after the EU Elections.... The problem with democracy is that sometimes it allows people to vote for folks that you personally don't want to gain any sort of…
Everybody Hurts
For various reasons, I started really thinking about the REM song 'Everybody Hurts' today. Just in case you're not au fait with it - here are the lyrics... *When the day is long and the night, the ni…
Reflections on "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"
I read this short story again recently; it's by Ursula Le Guin and is one of the most haunting short stories that I've ever read. The only short story that sticks with me more than this one is Parke …